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Echoes of Chaplin and Fred Astaire, too.

Doug Elkins at Annenberg

The evolution of Doug Elkins

After almost three decades of hip-hop and break dancing, Doug Elkins has infused his dance with a fresh and dynamic variety of other styles and voices.

Gary L. Day

Mar 11, 2014 Articles 3 minute read

Pennsylvania Ballet’s ‘Coppélia’

Tried and true

Leo Delibes’s comic rural fable Coppélia provides a rare opportunity for ballet dancers to demonstrate their acting ability.

Dan Rottenberg

Mar 09, 2014 Articles 1 minute read

Rasta Thomas’s Bad Boys of Dance at the Annenberg Center

Rasta Thomas specializes in high-energy jazz- and hip-hop-infused dance, heavy on rhythm and athleticism. The highly charismatic group of "Bad Boys" executed the physically demanding choreography with a gymnastic poise and strength as well as polished balletic technique.

Gary L. Day

Feb 25, 2014 Articles 4 minute read

When skaters danced outside: Irene and Walter Muehlbronner.

When ice dancing was young: talking with Irene Muehlbronner

Before Meryl and Charlie — Irene and Walter

America’s ice-dancing champions stand on the shoulders of another talented and charismatic couple, who waltzed, spun, and leaped on ice in simpler times.

Sharon Skeel

Feb 21, 2014 Articles 4 minute read

BalletX dancers Jaime Lennon and Jesse Sani. Photo by Matthew Murphy.

BalletX Winter 2014 program

Performing flexibly and with fun

BalletX’s dancers move in ways that are simultaneously strenuous and fluid, harsh and delicate, serious and amusing.

Susan Perloff

Feb 17, 2014 Articles 3 minute read

ClassicAlive presents Gabriel Cabezas and Chloe Felesina

Ballet over easy with a cello on the side

How do you bring ballet out from behind the curtain of elitism and high ticket prices? Serve it for Sunday brunch (with mimosas) to families. That’s what LiveConnections at World Café Live does.

Naomi Orwin

Feb 17, 2014 Articles 3 minute read

Artists of Pennsylvania Ballet in "Serenade," choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Photo: Alexander Iziliaev

Pennsylvania Ballet's 'Serenade'

A celebration of two dance anniversaries

George Balanchine's Serenade, first performed 80 years ago, has changed over the years, but the Pennsylvania Ballet's production preserves its loveliness and soul.

Sharon Skeel

Feb 11, 2014 Articles 4 minute read

“Ballroom with a Twist 2” in Wilmington

When reality competitions collide

If you enjoy the TV series Dancing with the Stars, you’d be more than pleased with its transmutation to the live stage.

Steve Cohen

Feb 03, 2014 Articles 2 minute read

There's more to getting a dance job than auditioning. (Scene from Bob Fosse's "All That Jazz")

Starting a career in dance

What college programs can and cannot do for graduates

College dance majors graduate with a lot of valuable tools, but they have plenty of work to do to create their careers.

Roger Lee

Jan 31, 2014 Articles 3 minute read

How kids see ‘The Nutcracker’ (4th helping)

‘This is sort of a dream, right?’

On our fourth annual visit to The Nutcracker with our grandchildren, we find them less reactive and more analytical. And they’re not even six and four!